* Swimmers are those who raced at a meet in Swimming New Zealand’s results; club members who did not race are not counted.
Which clubs raced?
10 clubs from the regions Auckland, Hawke's Bay & Poverty Bay and Manawatū–Whanganui; the most swimmers came from Heretaunga Sundevils (42 swimmers).
How strong was the field?
A typical swimmer here is faster than 56 of every 100 swimmers of the same age and gender across New Zealand, by their best race of 2026.
Peers are New Zealand swimmers of the same age and gender, compared by the World Aquatics points of their best race (one scale for every stroke and distance; 1,000 is about world-record speed). Each swimmer is set by their best race of 2026, not of this meet alone: the figure says how strong the swimmers who came are.
| Faster than … of 100 | |
|---|---|
| A typical swimmer here | 56 |
| A typical New Zealand swimmer | 50 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 2026 · n = 205 swimmers with points, each set beside New Zealand swimmers of the same age and gender
How many personal bests?
Of the races in an event the swimmer had swum before, 69 in 100 were personal bests, about the same as the 66 in 100 typical for swimmers of the same age who race as often.
Personal bests per 100 races in an event the swimmer had swum before.
| Per 100 races | |
|---|---|
| This meet | 69 |
| Swimmers of the same age who race as often | 66 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 15 Feb 2026 against 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 205 swimmers
How many swam national qualifying times?
5 in 100 swimmers aged 13 swam a race here faster than the 2026 NZ Age Group qualifying time for their age: 4 such races in 2 events.
Swimmers aged 13 at this meet, with a race faster than the qualifying time for their age, gender, event and pool.
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 15 Feb 2026 · n = 38 swimmers aged 13
Who raced for the first time?
For 14 swimmers of the 205 this was the first meet in the records; most often among those aged 9: 4 of 23.
Swimmers with no club race before this meet in the records, which start in 2016.
| Age | First meet | Swimmers |
|---|---|---|
| 8 and under | 0 | 9 |
| 9 | 4 | 23 |
| 10 | 3 | 40 |
| 11 | 3 | 47 |
| 12 | 4 | 48 |
| 13 | 0 | 38 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 2016 to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 205 swimmers
How does it compare with last year’s edition?
Last year’s edition, HBPB Up & Comers 2025 (6 Apr 2025), had 287 swimmers from 8 clubs; this one 205 from 10; personal bests in an event swum before: 61 in 100 races then, 69 in 100 now.
Meets of the same name in other years, with a club in common.
Which events were swum most?
50 Freestyle, SC was swum most: 157 races by 157 swimmers; 13 events in all.
Events by races swum, SC and LC counted apart.
How old are the swimmers?
Nearly 2 in 3 swimmers are 10 to 12 years old.
Number of swimmers by age at their last race of the meet; 135 of the 205 are 10 to 12 years old.
| Age | Swimmers |
|---|---|
| 8 and under | 9 |
| 9 | 23 |
| 10 | 40 |
| 11 | 47 |
| 12 | 48 |
| 13 | 38 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 15 Feb 2026 · n = 205 swimmers